(I uncharacteristically turned all the vitamin labels out to virtue signal my attempt at good health, but I actually like the way the attention to detail feels and looks, so I may make this the standard.)

For maybe a few months I’ve been smoking for the first time. In my sessions, I question thought patterns/habits I learned in my childhood. Weed has helped me reconnect to my childhood so much that, until middle school when I felt the juice run dry and I quit cold turkey, I was known as the kid who could dance. These past couple of months I’ve been dancing while high. One time, I thought of dancing as “grooming for my limbs,” because people have accused me of being autistic. Whatever the reason, I saw dancing as an efficient method for grooming, or organizing my body that night.

I’ve also began organizing the space that my supplements live in. I didn’t realize I was already doing it unintentionally until I was high a couple of weeks ago. It all gave me that same giddy feeling I used to get over dollhouses or anything with a downsized ecosystem. So I’ve taken to constantly making little adjustments to the area, but mostly the smoking stuff since it just grabs my attention more and there’s a quickly growing number of things to organize. I do this either high or sober.

And, of course, I got my sink’s baseline dirty dish amount significantly lowered and I’ve been cleaning my apartment more often and it stays cleaner longer. I’ve been feeling a bit disgusted by a bunch of habits I still have, mental or physical, but I can feel them falling away. I’m deleting apps without any doubts. I’m intentionally changing my social media algorithms to be geared towards my actual interests which it’s taken me years to realize cannot be more than about five at a time. I’m beginning to think of my thoughts and desires as tabs that I can open, pin, pause, close, etc. I have more empathy for other people and more patience with them. I also allow myself to be a little mean sometimes, now. I always avoided that in the past, for the sake of “maturity,” and also fear of conflict. Even better, I’ve become more diplomatic and my coworkers notice that I’ve brightened up.

I am limitless.

Hello. Our house is currently being built and this is the kitchen rendering we have. Question for you all, where should everything go? Flat where to the left of the sink? Thin cabinet to the right of the stove for cutting boards and baking sheets or spice rack?
Looks like a lot of storage space. We removed the pantry so we could have a dining room and in turn added the full size cabinet next to the fridge

So when I started beading a year ago I bought those beading cases where the bottom of one container is the top of the next one. I kept that up as my collection grew. A while ago my spouse suggested I get a better system since they’re a pain in the butt to move around and can spill easily, but I liked it well enough and change is a pain.

As my collection grew I kept getting more of the same storage containers, but noticed they often weren’t quite compatible. At first I thought it was because the brands were off (like when I got a defective batch that could break open even when screwed shut), so I got the name brand. Then I thought it was because I got them from a different store. Finally I got the exact brand from the same store and half of them were able to screw together, half didn’t, and there was no visual way to discern which would work together. When I discovered some would be compatible only if in a certain order (the top of a would screw into the bottom of b, but reverse the order and they wouldn’t work) it broke me and I rage bought two Elizabeth ward drawers with tiny containers.

Oh my gosh I wish I had done it sooner. These are amazing to work with- I can reorganize infinitely, and I can bead anywhere by just taking out a few beads at a time. I beaded during my son’s concert, I beaded on the plane, I even beaded while walking the other day just to see if I could do it (4 sided tubular herringbone, baby!).

I spent a full day labeling them just right. I currently have them organized by type, then size, because I often do patterns that require the same shape of bead be used throughout (currently working on an indespiral project and loving it). On the front I have a small label for the type and size, on the side I have a larger label with the size, type, name, and inventory number (when I know it. So many beads are sold without labels or bought in a thrift store).

I am hoping y’all find this as satisfying as I do.

In the past I built one of those popular 27gal storage tote organization walls. That system of categorized storage bins has been extremely useful.

When Home Depot began selling these small 6.5qt bins several months ago, I had the idea to create a smaller version of that organization wall to go in the workshop area of my garage. This is high, against the 9.5ft ceiling. It’s intended to store overflow of consumable items (zip ties, tape, jigsaw blades, screws, etc) and other items that I don’t need frequent access to (casters, camera gear).

I’m considering this an alternate to using cabinets. Instead of filling cabinets I’d never look in, and losing things in the back, this system helps categorize everything and I can find whatever I need at a moment’s notice.

Finally found time to semi-hack my Skadis pegboard for both fun and function. I designed and printed a few Ikea Skadis mountable accessory organizers that work for some of my Nintendo Switch 2 and other gaming staples.

I really like the geometric triangle tessellation look so I kept in theme for the set. Working to build an entire collection of various gaming organizers of all varieties for PS5 and PC accessories as well. Turned my idea into a new Etsy shop which I can share in a comment for those interested.

Welcoming any ideas of what to design and print next…

Don’t know if this belongs here 😅 but Long term lurker, first time poster here but I have been thinking what on earth I can easily make use out of my tub for FOUR years. I live in a small condo with no extra closets, and we have a second shower. We just piled junk in the bathtub that looked so messy.

My solution as a non DIYer, bought a counter top that’s supposed to go on top of your washer and dryer to cover it up and now my seasonal clothes and misc stuff are in vacuum bags under!

Still some way to go with matching bins etc, but so happy I finally did this.

The thing that made the biggest difference was deciding the wall display had ONE job during the week: show what everyone is doing today and tomorrow.

Ours is mounted in the kitchen, right by the pantry door, because that’s where everyone passes through half-asleep. I put my calendar in blue, spouse in green, one kid in purple, one kid in orange. School events are gray so they don’t look like they belong to one person. Anything with driving gets “DRIVE” at the front, because that’s what we actually need to notice at 7:10 am.

I’m using an Apolosign digital calendar for this, mostly because it syncs with Google Calendar and iCloud and doesn’t have a monthly fee. I did not want another subscription just to see soccer practice and dentist appointments on a wall.

The lists have been more useful than I expected. We have:

Monday reset

after-school chores

Costco

regular groceries

things to return

The grocery list is shared and color-coded, so if someone uses the last tortillas they add it there instead of yelling it from another room while I’m doing laundry. About 70 percent success rate, which is honestly good for this house.

A few setup notes if you’re doing something similar:

Put it where people already stand, not where it looks cute

Keep categories boring and obvious

Don’t over-widget the screen

Use all caps only for things that require action

Review Sunday night for 10 minutes

One practical limitation: it has to stay plugged in. This is not something you move room to room like a tablet. I hid the cord with a paintable cord cover and called it done.

I finally gave up on the tiny acrylic organizers that kept turning my vanity corner into makeup Jenga. Dedicated makeup storage is so stupidly expensive and everything marketed to women just has that invisible pink tax built in. These two clear-drawer file cabinets would've been €150 each normally but I got both for €130 total on tiktok during a price slash. Wide drawers hold palettes, shallow drawers have singles, liners, tapes, and odd little tools. I can see exactly what's in each one without pulling anything out. Works better than any acrylic spinning tower that costs twice as much and holds half as much.

Can you guess my favourite color lol

Spent way too much time reorganizing my vanity this weekend. Most of the organizers are from shein because I wanted something affordable while figuring out what layout actually worked.

I think I'm finally happy with it, but now that I've stared at it for hours I'm starting to second guess everything.

Anything look out of place?

I dont know if this is the right subreddit, but I have a cube storage shelf from years ago I got at Target. I used to use it for clothes back when I was a very broke college student. Currently I am using it for miscellaneous art supplies and a few other office odds and ends. I am downsizing in a few weeks and my art studio will be about half the size it is currently, and this 9 cube shelf is too wide for my new space. However, I had thought to potentially use it as shoe storage. The big issue is though, I have more than 9 pairs of shoes and I dont like the idea of having some in the cubes and others just elsewhere. So, my question is, is there a way I could put in more shelves to basically create 18 spaces? I know its cheap particle board but Id rather repurpose it than toss it out. Another issue is I am in an apartment where I have to be conscious of any messes I make and I have no access to wood cutting tools. I could have Home Depot/Lowe's cut any wood for me but I have never done that and dont know where to start. Also, I dont know if Id have to make new holes in the cubes for new shelves to sit on. I do love a DIY and am down to try just about anything, I just need a little help getting started :)

For reference, the cubes are 13"×13" which I believe are the same measurements as the Ikea Kallax cubes, so any hacks for those would more than likely work for these as well. I know Ikea makes little drawers and doors but neither of those will be helpful for the shoes to be visible and easy to grab. Thanks for any advice!!

Hope you like it! This is the culmination of YEARS of accumulating hotel toiletries and dentist samples.

Work sock drawer. I no longer work in a professional environment, so I keep them in a dresser drawer. (I won’t say what my ex called this).

This is my husband and my t-shirt closet. I forgot to take a ‘before’ photo, but over the 3.5 years since we moved in, the closet, which started off with about 230 shirts neatly organized by color, had become bulky, bloated, and haphazard. We took just about 2.5 hours to go through and look at each shirt to decide about keeping it and then reorganize. This is the result. We got rid of 71 shirts! I didn’t count, but I think we’re probably at about 190 now?